Gottfried Receives New Contract

Alabama head basketball coach Mark Gottfried is smiling big after signing a new six-year contract. It has a 200-thousand dollar base salary, plus 800-thousand dollars in talent fees. Athletics Director Mal Moore says the contract makes the 41-year-old Gottfried the first Alabama basketball coach to reach the million-dollar mark. He also will make more than head football coach Mike Shula. Alabama joins Kentucky and Vanderbilt as the only schools in the SEC that pay their basketball coach more than the football coach.

Gottfried Receives New Contract

Gottfried Receives New Contract

Alabama head basketball coach Mark Gottfried is smiling big after signing a new six-year contract. It has a 200-thousand dollar base salary, plus 800-thousand dollars in talent fees. Athletics Director Mal Moore says the contract makes the 41-year-old Gottfried the first Alabama basketball coach to reach the million-dollar mark. He also will make more than head football coach Mike Shula. Alabama joins Kentucky and Vanderbilt as the only schools in the SEC that pay their basketball coach more than the football coach.